CBS Declares Victory — Again

CBS sent out a press release today declaring that the network will wrap up the 2018-2019 broadcast season as the country’s most-watched network for the 11th consecutive year.

“CBS will finish the 2018-2019 season as ‘America’s Most Watched Network’ for the 11th straight season and for the 16th time in 17 years,” the network says in its announcement. “So far, CBS has won an incredible 21 out of 33 weeks this year, including the last 11 in a row, to take the crown yet again. Impressively, even when discounting the Network’s massive Super Bowl audience, it will still win the season by 16%.”

In addition to its success in total viewers, CBS noted that it came in tied for No. 1 in adults 25-54 with a 2.2 rating and finished just 0.1 rating point off the lead in adults 18-49 with a 1.5 rating.

The network added that it has reached almost 240 million viewers across all dayparts this season.

Click here for the rest of CBS’s spin on the numbers in the full press release.